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found: LC/NAF, Feb. 3, 2009665 note (In 1959 when the Territory of Alaska became a State, the functions of the Dept. of Health (created in 1921 as the Health Dept.), the Board of Health, the Dept. of Public Welfare, the Board of Publice Welfare, the Dept. of Juvenile Institutions, the Advisory Hospital Council, and the Water Pollution Control Board were transferred to the newly created Dept. of Health and Welfare. In 1971 the name of the latter was changed to Dept. of Health and Social Services)